State Department

The State Department is calling for the immediate release of Siamak and Baquer Namazi and said they are "unjustly detained." Siamak is a business consultant and Baquer is a retired UNICEF official.

Abu Mohammed al-Adnani was in charge of propaganda and was one of the first to oppose coalition forces in Iraq. The Islamic State's semi-official news agency announced his death.

Emails obtained by conservative group Judicial Watch fuel allegations the Clinton Foundation worked to compensate donors by providing access at the State Department during Hillary Clinton's tenure.

About 50 State Department officials have signed an internal memo that reportedly calls for targeted military strikes to push Bashar Assad toward the negotiating table.

A report issued by the department's inspector general found that previous secretaries of state also failed to comply with record-keeping and security policies.

The U.S. has said it is working with Russia to restore cessation of hostilities in the city. This comes after days of intense fighting in the area.

The newest batch of about 1,000 emails released by the State Department includes more memos and observations from Clinton friend Sidney Blumenthal and jokes about Joe Biden abroad in China.

A particular email drew scrutiny into whether Hillary Clinton had directed an aide to send secure material over an unsecure fax. And more emails from controversial adviser Sidney Blumenthal surface.

The year-end release of correspondence from Clinton's time at the State Department falls short of the court-ordered requirements. 275 of the new emails have been retroactively classified.